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Jazz Journal
Jonny Mansfield Quartet at The Verdict
Brian O'Connor began the New Year with a visit to Brighton and a lively set from vibist Jonny Mansfield and his quartet
JJ 12/93: Ronnie Cuber: Cubism & Airplay
Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert particularly enjoyed baritonist Cuber's focus on Latin American music, featuring Bobby Broom and Joe Locke
JJ 12/93: Miroslav Vitous & Jan Garbarek: Atmos
Thirty years ago Michael Tucker heard Vitous eschewing his trademark arco style and prompting Garbarek to react to more jazz-inflected lines.
JJ 12/93:The Mark Varney Project: Truth In Shredding & Centrifugal Funk
Thirty years ago Mark Gilbert enjoyed the spectacular playing of Holdsworth, Gambale and others in Mark Varney's 1990-1 fusion-guitar summits
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JJ 12/83: Steps Ahead: Steps Ahead
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert welcomed the new manifestation of cool embodied in the deceptive restraint of Mike Mainieri's quintet
JJ 12/83: Billy Bang, 100 Club
Forty years ago Barry McRae saw the American violinist combine powerful theme statements with free-ranging improvisation
JJ 12/83: Mike Gibbs Orchestra at the Bloomsbury Theatre, London
Forty years ago Mark Gilbert understood the audience member who asked the venerated bandleader 'When are you going to play some jazz, man?'
JJ 12/73: Carlos Santana/Mahavishnu John McLaughlin: Love, Devotion, Surrender
Fifty years ago Charles Le Vay thought the duo's uptempo treatment of A Love Supreme would have Coltrane turning in his grave
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JJ 12/73: Mike Carr: Mike Carr
Fifty years ago Mark Gardner agreed with Illinois Jacquet, Scotts Tony and Ronnie and others that Ian Carr's brother was a talented musician
JJ 12/63: In My Opinion – Frank Foster
Sixty years ago Frank Foster pondered such as Webster, Hawkins and Coltrane as well as the differing styles of the Ellington and Basie bands
JJ 12/63: Jacques Loussier: Play Bach No. 3
Sixty years ago Benedict Edwards thought Loussier had produced music that would equally satisfy the jazz enthusiast and Bach devotee
Stan Sulzmann’s 75th birthday gig at Watermill Jazz
The saxophonist's 75th birthday gig in Dorking featured his Neon Orchestra with special guest Nikki Iles on accordion
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